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Impact of Teamwork on Employee Engagement in Primary and Secondary schools: The Nigerian Experience

  • SHODEINDE, Adekunle Daniel (Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Jos) ;
  • KUSA, Nanfa Danjuma (Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Jos) ;
  • ODUMU, Ato Victor (Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Jos) ;
  • IJEPE, Eleojo Anna (Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Jos)
  • Received : 2022.02.23
  • Accepted : 2022.06.18
  • Published : 2022.09.30
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Abstract

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of Teamwork on Engagement among employees of private primary and secondary schools in Plateau State, Nigeria using the dimensions of Teamwork, which are Communication, Leadership, Team Structure, Situation Monitoring, and Mutual Support on Employee Engagement. Research design, data, and methodology - To analyze the relationship among the variables, the study adopted the descriptive and explanatory research design, and a cross-sectional survey method using a survey questionnaire containing 29 items, with a 5-point Likert scale. The samples of 274 employees (both academic and non-academic) were selected using a simple random probability sampling technique. Multiple Regression was used to analyze data with the aid of the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS version 23.0). Result - This shows that Communication, Leadership, and Situation Monitoring have a positive and significant relationship on Employee Engagement, while Team Structure and Mutual Support show a negative direction but still maintained a significant relationship. Conclusion - The management of private primary and secondary schools should pay attention to Communication, Leadership, Team Structure, Situation Monitoring, and Mutual Support among their employees to promote Employee Engagement in the workplace. It also recommends that future studies should be carried out in other sectors.

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